I caught up with Kapri Bibbs on the phone last week, and his comments and my view of his decision to declare for the NFL draft and leave CSU after one season is in the Monday paper and online here.

One irony, of course, was that as CSU pushed him for national honors, Bibbs was off limits to the media as a first-year player in the program under Jim McElwain’s policies.

That policy is condescending and non-trusting — football is the only CSU sport where it applies, and Bibbs is no “kid” — and also especially short-sighted in CSU’s situation.

Yet, for the record, Bibbs accepted it.

“Coach Mac, he set that policy before I was there. I’m not a person to think that I’m better than anyone, to step on anyone’s toes, especially when he’s been doing that at multiple programs,” Bibbs said. “So I respect him for keeping his word. That is probably a hard thing to do, not let a guy speak who’s high on everybody’s list that the media and everyone wants to talk to. But the season before, (receiver) Joe Hansley and other guys were good players and standing out, but because they were freshmen they wouldn’t allow them to speak. That’s only fair that I wasn’t allowed to.”

Kensler joined The Denver Post in 1989 and has covered a variety of beats, including Colorado, Colorado State, golf, Olympics and the Denver Broncos. His brush with greatness: losing in a two-on-two pickup basketball game at Ohio State against two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.